Disney Princess Demi Lovato Shares Her Bikini Pictures with the World

Brian Moylan · 05/17/11 11:10AM

The troubled starlet is on the mend and sending the internet racy pictures of herself. The Situation sued his own father, Lindsay Lohan gets kicked out a party, Leonardo DiCaprio is dating a Gossip Girl. Tuesday's gossip just wants to relax on a beach somewhere.

Now’s Your Chance To Make Your Apartment Less Crappy

Studio@Gawker · 05/17/11 11:00AM

That probably bedbug-infested beanbag chair that you're rocking in your walk-up doesn't come off as retro, it reads more like "I still hide my bong under the kitchen sink every time my mom comes over to do my laundry." However, if you take this quick survey, email the last question to surveys@gawker.com with "Ikea Gift Card Contest" as the subject line, you'll be entered to win a $150 gift card to, you guessed it, Ikea! Mom will be so proud!

See The Original, Unused Ending To Election

Whitney Jefferson · 05/17/11 10:30AM

A little-known fact about Election, the 1999 film that featured Reese Witherspoon as the tightly-wound Tracy Flick and Matthew Broderick as her smarmy civics teacher: the movie's original ending was not the one you saw in theaters. (If you haven't seen the movie, obvious spoilers ahead.)

Facebook Twins Will Take Hopeless Lawsuit to Supreme Court

Adrian Chen · 05/17/11 10:13AM

You didn't think the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals telling Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to go away forever would actually get them to drop their crap Facebook lawsuit, did you? They're taking this thing all the way to the Supreme Court!

Gossip Girl Season Finale: Goodbye Love, Hello Lover

Richard Lawson · 05/17/11 10:02AM

Well, the twenty-third season of Gossip Girl has come to an end and everyone has scattered for the summer. Blair is off to Monaco, Serena to California, Dan (and Erik….) to the Hamptons, and Nate and Chuck to god only knows where. Let's see how they got there.

Which Star Slept with Her Sister's Boyfriend?

Brian Moylan · 05/17/11 09:58AM

These famous siblings are at odds because one slept with the other's man. This celeb is pissed at his famous ex because she had sex with one of his friends. Even when it's blind, betrayal still stings.

Today in Stereotypical Violent Rapper News

Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 09:21AM

Cassidy, a Philly rapper who used to be with Swizz Beatz back in the day, has been jailed for violating his probation. He's on probation for a manslaughter case n 2005, stemming from a shootout near his house. His lawyers have denied a TMZ report that he's a suspect in another murder case. Also, rapper M-Bone of Cali Swag District (the "Dougie" people) was killed in a drive-by shooting in Inglewood, California on Sunday. Also, local Virginia rapper Trey Pound, 24 and an Iraq war veteran, was shot and killed after pissing off another guy in a rap battle. That was in 2008, but the full details have just emerged, so we'll include it here.

Ming Ming, World's Oldest Panda, Dies

Jeff Neumann · 05/17/11 06:27AM

Under a nice Global Times headline, "World's oldest panda kicks bucket," we learn the sad news that Ming Ming, the world's oldest giant panda bear, died of old age at the Xiangjiang Wild Animal World in China on May 7. She was 34.

Paralyzed Student Retrofitted With Cyborg Capabilities In Time For Graduation

Seth Abramovitch · 05/17/11 02:16AM

Austin Whitney, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley grad paralyzed in a 2007 car accident (he got drunk and hit a tree), fulfilled a dream today that most of us would take entirely for granted: He walked seven steps to collect his diploma, with the help of a motorized exoskeleton. Watch the video and be inspired. (And don't drink and drive.) [PopSci]

The Best Parts of Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart's Debate

Matt Cherette · 05/17/11 01:17AM

After receiving an invitation from Bill O'Reilly to appear on his show and debate whether or not the rapper Common should have been invited to a poetry reading at the White House, Jon Stewart showed up tonight as promised and attempted to interject some logic into the controversy. And because we would never expect you to suffer through an entire episode of the Factor yourself, here are the best four minutes of O'Reilly and Stewart's debate.

Jill Zarin's Internet Superfans Are Probably Just Jill Zarin

Seth Abramovitch · 05/17/11 12:26AM

If we've learned anything from the cautionary tale of Dilbert creator Scott Adams, it's that masquerading as your own biggest fan on the internet can come back to bite you in the ass. You'd think that lesson might have sunk in by now for Real Housewives of New York City star Jill Zarin, who we've already caught once writing glowing Amazon user reviews for her own advice book (while accusing its critics of being antisemites). But someone — not saying it's Jill! Could be anyone really! Innocent until proven Zarin!— has been bombarding the Vulture comments section with suspiciously pro-Jill propaganda.

Mubarak to Say 'Sorry' and Blame His Advisers

Max Read · 05/16/11 09:02PM

Hosni Mubarak, the deposed President of Egypt, will reportedly apologize — and "plead for amnesty" — in a televised statement. Apologize, you may be wondering, for what? Good question! "[F]or for any offense caused to the people," apparently. But, look, all of that nonspecific "offense" isn't really even his fault! See, he's also going to apologize "for any behavior which may have stemmed from false information passed on to him by his advisers." Advisers are notoriously untrustworthy!